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fi'ix"hfll , ride ’0’! u THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Diabetes Association for Oakville Taking a positive approach to diseas he sees it In their eyes. Jennifer Reimank by up on podium addressing mem of the Diabetes Association Oakville (DAO) at a public I mation meeting, she looks out ' the audience for expressions resentment, of defiance, of ange maybeatrownonanolder .- :- orltmaybealookof steely-e resistance in a younger victim of disordenShealwaysflnds :I II a: and then she goes to work. “I look forthosepeople, andI - frown, and I make sure I talk to person,” Reimanis says emphau' Mar. 2, 19 2% OR 1% PARTLY SKIMMED OR S-KIM We will not . “At every meeting, I tell the pee beundersold mIamflreretotalktoatany-l. by our major any mean the board rs av : - competitors I tell them I m there for support, . I I’m experiencing the same difiicul - they are. And as I’m talking I‘can . their faces glow, and then later th come around and want to talk‘ - . what they’re going throug ” For Reimanis, only 25 and in I second year as volunteer president the DA0, the outcome may be 10 discussions and a series of phone 2 to discuss problems, but she does mind the time commitment â€" it’s job she enjoys. She approaches h position with somewhat of a mess' .- ic zeal, hoping to make atth 0 convert to her positive approa towards diabetes each meeting and, the long run, raising the profile of association throughout Oakville. Diabetes affects one in every 1 Canadians, though many are n aware of their condition. That « - 5,000 Oakville residents who are 1i ing with the disorder, but there : only 500 members of the DA0. Lac of recognition may not harm indivi 4 LITRE BAG' ' 2 PER FAMILY PURCHASE FROZEN, 61-.14 lb AVERAGE DAO's Jennifer Reimanis. many people don't even know they have diabetes. 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Thanks to the isolatio of insulin by Canadian doctor Frederick Banting and Charles Bes over 70 years ago, insufin can now - . produced artificially, and most youn_ patients have learned to minimize th- effects of the disorder through dail injections and control of their diet Many with age-onset diabetes ca take pills and eschew needles. It is this nwd to exercise so muc control over themselves that bothers some of the young people who are coming to Jennifer Reimanis. “They say, I feel like a pin cushion, because besides the injections there are lots Q blood tests to take,” she notes. “0 they say, I’m feeling fine one minute and then five minutes later I feel like I’m dying. I say, youwe got to learn to take care of yourself, and ifthey are, then I say, go to your doctor.” The dynamic Reimanis is quick to note the contributions of her fellow board members, of the hundreds o volunteers who help carry out the DA0 programs and or DAO branch coordinator Becky Wheeler to the cause. “The board has become a lot younger, both mentally and physical- ly, since I took over. There’ s a lot of teamwork, we work well together -â€" I couldn’t ask for anything more.” She is not as easy, though, on those who won’t lift a finger to help out. “They have a responsibility to get involv ”Reimanis says, becoming animated. “We’re straining our brains perforating the functions of the asso- ciation, raising money, and it’s the same people all the time. Three of the eight board members have diabetes, including Reimanis herself. She learned she had diabetes at the age of three and now gives her- self four shots'a day. A banker by profession, she admits to having a weakness for chocolate, though she allows herself only one‘bite of a chocolate bar. DAO programs include inforrna- tion nights three or four nights a year, a weekly glucometer instruction night, production of a newsletter, advocacy programs and a variety of fundraising events. The annual canvass of Oakville homes took in $42,000 last fall, and a Sweepstakes promotion with a cruise and a car among the prizes is also important. And every three weeks, the DA0 holds a bingo night that has accumu- lated the impressive total of $300,000 over nine years â€" and every penny ,of that money, Reimanis notes, goes to research through the Charles H. Best Fund The office of the DA0 rs located- within Halton Pharmacy at 10603 Speers Road, with space donated by.’ the pharmacy. There are dozens of, pamphlets on hand for th curious. Call 338-0214 for more info tion. ,